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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galle or Tangier?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Galle for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Galle’s own page.

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Galle 80, Tangier 50: Galle leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Tangier 55: Galle leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Tangier 35: Galle leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Tangier 50: Galle leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Tangier.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galle has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleTangier
Official languageTamil, SinhalaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleTangier
City population93,1181,275,428
People per km²-6,393
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.